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Save the Enemy by Arin Greenwood   Source:   Received a copy from Edelweiss and Soho Teen in exchange for an honest review, no compensation. Thank you to Edelweiss and Soho Teen! Published by:   Expected Publication-November 12th 2013 Edition : eARC Purchase:  Barnes and Noble /  Amazon Genre:  YA Contemporary Rating:  3/5 Synopsis via Goodreads: Everything has been downhill since Zoey Trask’s mother was murdered in a random mugging. Her younger brother, Ben, is on the autistic spectrum and needs constant supervision. It’s senior year, and she’s the new girl at a weird private school in Old Town Alexandria, VA, full of kids who seem too nice to be true—including a very cute boy named Pete. Aside from half-forgotten martial arts and survivalist skills that her widowed father insisted on teaching her (because that is excellent for her social life), Zoey has nothing to offer Pete or anyone else.  Then Dad is kidnapped. Zoey suddenly finds herself so...

An Entire week dedicated to re-tellings of Lewis Carrol's Classic story:  Alice in Wonderland Source: Local Library Publisher : Amulet Books Series: Splintered #1 Published:  January 1st 2013 Genre : Young Adult Paranormal Fantasy  Purchase: Amazon / Barnes & Noble Rating :  Brittany: 4.5/5 Michelle: 5/5 Synopsis via Goodreads:  This stunning debut captures the grotesque madness of a mystical under-land, as well as a girl’s pangs of first love and independence. Alyssa Gardner hears the whispers of bugs and flowers—precisely the affliction that landed her mother in a mental hospital years before. This family curse stretches back to her ancestor Alice Liddell, the real-life inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Alyssa might be crazy, but she manages to keep it together. For now. When her mother’s mental health takes a turn for the worse, Alyssa learns that what she thought was fiction is based in terrifying reality. The real Wond...

Dance of Shadows (Dance of Shadows #1) by Yelena Black Hardcover , 447 pages Published February 12th 2013 by Bloomsbury USA Children's Books Dancing with someone is an act of trust. Elegant and intimate; you're close enough to kiss, close enough to feel your partner's heartbeat. But for Vanessa, dance is deadly – and she must be very careful who she trusts . . . Vanessa Adler attends an elite ballet school – the same one her older sister, Margaret, attended before she disappeared. Vanessa feels she can never live up to her sister's shining reputation. But Vanessa, with her glorious red hair and fair skin, has a kind of power when she dances – she loses herself in the music, breathes different air, and the world around her turns to flames . . . Soon she attracts the attention of three men: gorgeous Zep, mysterious Justin, and the great, enigmatic choreographer Josef Zhalkovs...